Question

Lesson 2 Chromosomes and Mitosis

Lesson 2: True or False
Write true if the statement is true or false if the statement is false.
1. A chromatid is made of two identical chromosomes.
2. There may be thousands of genes on a single chromosome.
3. Prophase is the first phase of mitosis.
4. Female human cells have 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes.
5. Mitosis occurs in the following order: prophase - metaphase - telophase-anaphase.
6. The process in which the cell divides is called mitosis.
7. During mitosis, DNA exists as chromatin.
8. A gene contains the instructions to make a protein.
9. Chromosomes form during metaphase.
10. Mitosis is the phase of the eukaryotic cell cycle that occurs between DNA replication and the
second growth phase.
11. Sister chromatids are identical.
12. Chromatids separate during anaphase.
13. Chromosomes are coiled structures made of DNA and proteins.
14. Human cells have 64 chromosomes.

Answer 1

1. true

2. true

3. true

4.false

5.true

6. true

7. false

8. true

9. false

10. false

11. true

12. true

13. true

14. false